Taliban forces advance in Afghanistan

The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanistan, seizing control of a major border crossing with Pakistan – the latest in a series of key border posts to come under their control in recent weeks


Jul 14, Spin Boldak
Taliban claim to have taken second busiest entry point in Afghanistan, used by 900 trucks per day


TURKMENISTAN 
Islam Qala
Torghundi
Herat
Mazar-i-Sharif
UZBEKISTAN
Shir Khan Bandar
TAJIKISTAN
Kabul
PAKISTAN
AFGHANISTAN
Kandahar
IRAN
200km 125 miles


Control of districts
(as of Jul 13, 2021)
Government 
Contested 
Taliban
Border crossings recently under Taliban control


Afghanistan’s trade via crossing points (2019)
Country		Imports		Exports
Iran		$1.25bn		$15.05m
Pakistan 	$1.10bn		$298.64m
Tajikistan 	$119.47m	$5.08m
Turkmenistan 	$690.21m	$1.17m
Uzbekistan	$433.35m	$2.08m    

    
Sources: Associated Press, Long War Journal, Reuters, Trading Economics
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